UNFPA produced this training manual, Engaging Faith-based Organizations in HIV Prevention, with support from the Unified Budget Work Plan of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS(UNAIDS). Its aim is to encourage policy makers,programmers in the field and development practitioners to recognize the complex social, cultural and economic factors at play in HIV prevention and to partner with faith-based organizations to address them. The ultimate goal: to advance the ICPD agenda and reverse the spread of HIV(2007).